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Sicilian Dialect: Locals in a store in Catania, Sicily.

The Stigma Of Speaking A Dialect: The Case Of Sicilian

With the establishment of Florentine as the literary language of choice, all the other regional languages came to be regarded as dialects, creating a unique situation that Italians have struggled with to this day.

Gaetano Cipolla

Culture

L’Attesa: Art As Matrix

L’Attesa falls into that category of films that cast Italy as a place where the essential substance of life is found.

Thomas J. Puleo

Society

Wild Animal Politics In Cities — From New Delhi To Venice

Two ways to learn to live in peace with urban animals.

Neal E. Robbins

Video

Why Are Women Marginalized In Italian Sports?

Why are Italian women systematically marginalized in sports?

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Interviews

Amila Omanović: The Teacher Who Made The Balkans Learn Italian

How a young Bosnian linguist started giving online Italian language classes, making her students fall in love with the Bel Paese.

Lidija Pisker

ITALIAN OF THE YEAR 2020

Giuseppe Conte

President Giuseppe Conte showed the world what leadership could be.

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Italy Inside Out

Italy from a different angle

Culture

Latin In The World

Disparagingly described by many as a dead language, Latin maintained a prominent and proud position in the contemporary world, resonating globally.

Rosa Maria Colanzi

For many months now, the most spoken word around the... Read More

Culture

When Patti Smith Came to Rome

Patti Smith celebrates her birthday every year with a concert, but I remember her from a night at the Rome Opera.

Virginia DiGaetano

There has never been a time in my life where... Read More

Politics

Italy And Coronavirus: What Went Wrong?

The Italian government’s approach towards COVID-19 shifted from one of the world’s harshest lockdowns in March to a wishy-washy strategy during October’s second wave. But how did control measures change — and why?

Michele Paolo

The Italian government’s approach towards coronavirus shifted from one of... Read More

Happening

The Top 10 People In Italian Sports: 2020 Edition

In a year with so little to celebrate, these men and women kept Italian sports alive, giving us a much needed reason to cheer them on.

Andrea Angelini

Although 2020 has been a terrible year for just about... Read More

Society

Is Italy’s Vaccine Program Enough To End The Pandemic?

Mass vaccinations against COVID-19 are a big part of the plan for 2021. Will it be enough?

Anna Zanetti

Vaccine against COVID-19 is a big part of the plan... Read More

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A Pandemic Christmas is unique, but so are the gifts... Read More

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Christmas in Italy

Do you know these Italian Christmas traditions?

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Christmas is around the corner and children all around the... Read More

Culture

Christmas Quiz: Panettone Redux

Are you a real panettone conoisseur?

Thomas J. Puleo

2020 has been a struggle and you deserve a piece... Read More

Interviews

Doctors In Limbo: How Italy’s Grey Coats Are Fighting Back

In the height of a pandemic, bureaucracy is blocking thousands of doctors from joining the fight.

Asia Guerreschi

24,000 doctors took their entrance exam in July 2020 to... Read More

Culture

Re-purposing The Past On The Sixty-some Far-flung Venetian Islands

Each can teach us a lesson in how heritage can be saved or be lost to time.

Neal E. Robbins

Neal E. Robbins’ book, Venice, an Odyssey: Hope, Anger and... Read More

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